Cuba will take six sailors to the 1st Central American and Caribbean Sea and Beach Games in Santa Marta 2022, Colombia, scheduled to be held from the 19th to the 26th of this month.
The Cuban and most experienced champion of the group, Dennier Infante, heads the team of rowers, a group that is completed by the international debutants Manuel Lugo, Luis Giraldo and Adriano Castro, according to a note published by the sports media Hit.
The women, meanwhile, will be Jaimé Ruano, with more than a decade in the national team, and Lisbetzi Rojo, for whom the competition will be her first foreign experience, according to the source.
In Santa Marta, the sunfish, laser, igfol board and kitesurf tests were convened for men, while for women only the first two. The remaining ones were canceled as at least representatives from five countries did not register, he told Hit the national sailing commissioner, Eduardo Rodríguez.
“It will be difficult to qualify for the Pan American Games in Santiago 2023, but it will help the athletes to prepare for the Central Caribbean event in San Salvador 2023, to which we will go with a full team in the 11 classes, since no classification is required,” Rodriguez stated.
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The sailing competition would be from November 20 to 23 at the El Rodadero Sur nautical pier, in the 500 years multi-sports park in the Colombian city of Santa Marta.
The sports disciplines of the Central American and Caribbean Sea and Beach Games are open water swimming, open water underwater, beach handball, frisbee, beach soccer, beach wrestling, beach rugby, beach skateboarding, beach tennis, sailing and beach volleyball.
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